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John Alcott, BSC (1931 – 28 July 1986) was an English cinematographer best known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick; these are ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, ''A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), ''Barry Lyndon'' (1975), the film for which he won his Oscar, and ''The Shining'' (1980). Alcott died from a heart attack in Cannes, France in July 1986; he was 55.〔 He received a tribute at the end of his last film ''No Way Out'' starring Kevin Costner. ==Life== John Alcott was born in Isleworth, England, in 1931, to the father of Movie Executive Arthur Alcott.〔John Alcott Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005633/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm〕 At a young age, Alcott started his career in film by becoming a clapper boy, which was the lowest position in the camera crew chain. As time progressed however, he moved his way up and eventually became the third highest position of the camera following the lighting cameraman and the main camera operator. His position was extremely important, as his job was to adjust, focus and measure the lens and distance between the actor or object being shot and the camera itself. 〔John Alcott Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005633/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm〕 Alcott's big break was given to him by Stanley Kubrick, 〔N/A. (1977). John Alcott. The Independent Film Journal (Archive: 1937–1979), 80(3), 6–7. Retrieved from http://bf4dv7zn3u.search.serialssolutions.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=JOHN ALCOTT&rft.jtitle=The Independent Film Journal (Archive: 1937–1979)&rft.date=1977-07-22&rft.pub=Nielsen Business Media&rft.issn=0019-3712&rft.volume=80&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=6〕 who was a master cinematographer, director, producer and screenwriter. Kubrick promoted Alcott to lighting cameraman in 1968 while working on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and from there the two created an inseparable collaboration, in which they worked together on more than one occasion. In 1971, Kubrick then elevated Alcott to director of photography on “A Clockwork Orange” which was nominated for four Academy Awards in Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing, however the film never won. 〔N/A. (2000). Clockwork orange. Retrieved from http://kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com/video_detail/cwo/〕 Alcott studied lighting and how the light fell in the rooms of a set. He would do this so that when he shot his work it would look like natural lighting, not stage lighting. It was this extra work and research that made his films look so visually beautiful. 〔N/A. (1977). John Alcott. The Independent Film Journal (Archive: 1937–1979), 80(3), 6–7. Retrieved from http://bf4dv7zn3u.search.serialssolutions.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=JOHN ALCOTT&rft.jtitle=The Independent Film Journal (Archive: 1937–1979)&rft.date=1977-07-22&rft.pub=Nielsen Business Media&rft.issn=0019-3712&rft.volume=80&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=6〕 Along with his Academy award for “Barry Lyndon”, the film is considered to be one of the greatest and most beautiful movies made in terms of its visuals. Not one, but three films worked on by Alcott were ranked between 1950–1997 in the top 20 of “Best Shot”, voted by the American Society of Cinematographers. Yet another great accomplishment made possible by John Alcott. Not only was Alcott a highly regarded cinematographer, in the 80s when he immigrated into the United States of America he directed and shot commercials for television. 〔N/A. (2014). Overview for John Alcott. Retrieved from http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1770|85034/John-Alcott/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Alcott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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